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Old 01-08-2014, 12:39 PM
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Had a bit of a Homer Simpson "doh" moment today. The problem with the torque of the differential gear assembly turned out to be =>

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2) an assembly problem

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I hadn't knocked the pin all the way through the side gears.

With a bit of adjustment I got the stiffness torque to be within the range specified in the FSM.

I checked the running of the gears with engineers blue. I had a bit of a rookie mistake - nipped the lid off of the tin and got an engineers blue explosion - sodding stuff went everywhere...



...oh well...

The contact of these differential cogs is on the ridge in the middle of the cogs - seems good to me.
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